The Zimbabwean was an outstanding performer in the middle of the park as he crunched into tackle after tackle and mopped up wherever necessary to ensure the Buccaneers could not get a foothold in midfield.
In combination with the in-form Reneilwe Letsholonyane, it was a joy to watch as Chiefs played more on the counter-attack in the second half, with Katsande at the heart of many of their transitions.
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Katsande, who has come on in leaps and bounds as the finest holding midfielder in the PSL since eradicating the yellow cards from his game, was level-headed after the match.
"First and foremost we need to thank God for this victory. It means a lot, as you can see. We managed to stick to the coach's game-plan. I think it was a good game, both sides wanted to win. Thank God we managed to win it," he said.
"Coach always told me that I'm the engine of the team, I have to win every ball, I have to break down the opposition attacks so that we can attack so my job is to balance the team, to give cover to my back four as well as my forward players, to give them balance when they're going forward."
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Late substitute Morgan Gould, who has lost his starting place to Mulomowandau Mathoho – who was also outstanding in the Final – in the centre of defence, said his job was to slow the game down after he came on for the last 10 minutes.
"The instruction was clear to me. My job was to go in and slow the game down because they were attacking with three strikers, so it's something that I"m used to, and I'm actually trying to perfect it now. It's a difficult job [to defend a lead] but the coach preps us for anything they might throw at us," said Gould.
"The attitude [of the team is making the difference], we understand one another because we spend more time with one another. This is the time to say thanks to our families for taking time away from them and giving them something that makes us all happy.
"But we still need to cool down, you know. It's just one trophy in the league."